this is bbc news. the headlines: hundreds of protesters are trapped inside a university in hong kong in a stand—off with police. inside a university in hong kong in a stand-off with police. they came running out across the barriers. a large amount of tear gas fired in their direction. this is them escaping. boris johnson, jeremy corbyn and jo swinson escaping. boris johnson, jeremy corbyn and jo swinson make their election pitches to business leaders. the cbi has their annual conference in london. prince andrew faces pressure to give evidence under oath in the us in the wa ke evidence under oath in the us in the wake of his bbc interview. a new hope, as scientists battled to save britain's ash trees, threatened

bya save britain's ash trees, threatened by a fungal disease spreading throughout europe. ina throughout europe. in a moment, the sports news. but first, here is what is coming up. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first, a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at 8pm, we'll bring you the latest on the backlash faced by prince andrew. pressure is mounting for him to give evidence under oath in the us about his links to sex—offenderjeffrey epstein. at 8:30pm, as part of our election 2019 coverage, laura kuenssburg will unpick the day's political events in electioncast, including a look at business woman jennifer arcuri's claims against borisjohnson. and atio.1i0pm, and 11.30, we'll take a first look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello, i'm olly foster. here's what's coming up

on sportsday this evening: we made mistakes and we accept the penalty. can saracens now save their season? eddiejones tells us that saracens' punishment could also be bad news for england. there might be some saracens players that feel like they have to play for their club instead of their country, to make sure they don't go down. this could be the week that wales make it back to the euros, and they hope they can be motivated by their french adventure in 2016. also coming up in the programme... the drivers at war. ferrari call in vettel and le clerc for clear the air talks. and we see how a disability football club in kent is changing lives.

hello and welcome to sportsday. saracens came out fighting earlier this month and vowed to appeal against their 35 point deduction and £5 million fine for breaking the rugby premiership's salary cap. they called the sanctions heavy—handed. today, their chairman nigel wray admitted, we have made mistakes and so, with humility, we must accept these penalties. the english and european champions can forget title defences, it's now a battle to stay in the top division for the rest of the season. and what impact could it have on england, with so many sarries players in the squad. earlier i wasjoined by the england head coach, eddiejones, and asked him about the punihsment. these things happen. i don't think anybody ever has the intent of them happening and theyjust seem to grow. i've seen it in all sorts of sports and i think they will take their medicine

and get on with it. what impact could that have on your england team? it could have a significant impact, and it's something that we need to weigh and look at very carefully. obviously, there may be some dislocation between saracens' players and the rest of the clubs, that's a reality, though we might have to work to mend those relationships a bit harder. and there might be some saracens players that feel like they've got to play for their club, instead of their country. you obviously got your captain from saracens, you talk about the possible strain on those relationships can't then they bubble up during the world cup because obviously all those players went straight back to the club. not at the world cup. i don't think anybody had a great knowledge and if they did

they kept it to themselves. eddiejones with his concerns. more on this from ciaran bracken. good evening. a couple of weeks ago, you cold the punishment unfair and disproportionate. saracens are not contesting it. the chairman says they will pull together a meet the challenges that lie ahead. do you think that is sensible? i think it is sensible and very wise. at the time, they might feel hard done by because the accepted they didn't maliciously go out there to cheat the salary cap, but it would have been very costly, very time—consuming, but more importantly would have dragged saracens through the mud for a further period of time throughout the season. and so probably very unrealistic gain from it. so they have taken the medicine.

if anyone can mend and get together and do what they can, it will be saracens. eddie jones mentioned there he was thinking about perhaps a full saracens players when we hit the six nations might put club before country. that becomes very difficult politically, with the relationship between club and country. do you think you may be possible for them to do that? for more, that is such a big thing, isn't it. traditionally, country comes first. however, the players will feel a sense of loyalty to theirclubs, will feel a sense of loyalty to their clubs, having won so much with their clubs, having won so much with the comrades. and to then sort of potentially leave their comrades in the lurch and leave the young guys to it that play so few games, the question is, will some of them decide this year they need to concentrate on their club? nobody wants to see that. from eddie jordan's' point of view, the friction going into the england

camp, we have seen that with liverpool and manchester city, it can be blown out of proportion. it will not be easy. this will continue for some time. i very much hope saracens can get the points they need the season. very much hope the england players will play for england players will play for england and saracens will be ok and we can forget about it in to come. ciaran bracken, speaking to me earlier. kyran bracken speaking to me earlier, and a little later in the programme we'll hear much more from eddie jones about his world cup regrets and future with england. a couple of other rugby union lines for you. scotland will welcome the all blacks to murrayfield next year for their autumn series. the scots already had a match against japan, and they will also play argentina. that will open their campaign on the first weekend of november. the australian player israel folau has been criticised for drawing a link between the country's bushfires and same—sex marriage and abortion laws. speaking in a church in sydney, folau said the fires were a "little taste of god's judgment". he was sacked by rugby australia

earlier this year for making homophobic comments on social media. prime minister scott morrison says folau's latest comments are appallingly insensitive. he can see what he likes, but he needs to have regard for the people whose homes have burned down. for many christians around australia, thatis many christians around australia, that is not their view at all. there are thoughts and prayers are with those who are suffering, let me stress that. football now, and there's a huge game for wales in cardiff tomorrow night. beat hungary and they will qualify automatically for next summer's european championship. they missed out on the world cup last year and euro 2016 in france was their first major tournament appearance in 58 years and they exceeded all expectations by reaching the semi—finals. gareth bale was a key part of that side and will be fit

for the winner—takes—all match against the hungarians. he feels that they can draw on the experience of 2016 and also the pain of missing out on russia last year. we can use both of them to our advantage. 0bviously, we can use both of them to our advantage. obviously, we have got the euphoria of qualifying for the first euros and doing so well at the competition that we really want to do that again. and also we have got the negatives of we know how it feels to miss out on qualifying for a tournament, like we did in the world cup. so, yeah, we will use both of them to our advantage. we are in good form. we have gathered good momentum. but that doesn't count for anything if you don't finish the job. we know we are up don't finish the job. we know we are up againsta don't finish the job. we know we are up against a team that worked hard, are organised and will make it difficult. they need to win as well. we need to match their desire, their

workrate and show quality that we have shown lately. so, yeah, if you don't do these things, then we won't win the game. it is also a big night for the republic of ireland. beat denmark in dublin and they will qualify for their third euros in a row. build—up and live text commentary on the bbc sport website. ferrari drivers sebastian vettel and charles leclerc have been summoned to a clear the air meeting by the team boss after they knocked each other out of the the brazilian grand prix yesterday. the pair collided with a few laps to go here's our f1 reporterjennie gow. there is no doubt that they are pushing each other. sebastian vettel is having to push at 100% to make sure she is the best driver he can

be. it is fantastic for ferrari. it has also been a nightmare. it takes strong leadership to work out how he manages these two huge personalities in formula 1. they will have a meeting. will he bang heads together and get them to go into some form of attrition and responsibility and do up attrition and responsibility and do upfor attrition and responsibility and do up for it? he said it was a silly incident. and he was sorry for the tea m incident. and he was sorry for the team more than anybody else. yes, you have got the two huge figureheads, the driver at the front of the team, but there are hundreds of the team, but there are hundreds of people behind them who must have been furious with her performance at the weekend. mercedes will be trying to work at how the stay at the top next season. red bull as well. they must be loving it, if ferrari are going to implode like this. they will want us to carry on until next year, won't they? i am sure they will. ferrari have these driver

balance issues. we have suspicion about their engine that people keep throwing at them. so it's been very ha rd throwing at them. so it's been very hard for them tojust throwing at them. so it's been very hard for them to just concentrate on the on track action and be the best they can be. since the summer break, ferrari have been incredible, getting poll after poll. lewis hamilton hasn't been on pole since the summer break. think back, mercedes have their own problems with nico rosberg and lewis hamilton duelling it out and ignoring team orders. so i think the all knowing exactly what it is like. at red bull, webber and vettel had their own battles as well. questions will be asked. is he strong enough to lead ferrari to a world title next season? still to come on sportsday... is it out with the old and in with the new, in men's tennis? and it's a life—line —

how maidstone united raiders became the largest includsive football club in kent. sam curran looks likely to be chosen ahead of chris woakes for england's first test against new zealand which starts on wednseday. curran says he aims to emulate ben stokes' all round contribution to the team following his heroics in the world cup and ashes last summer. my role in the side, if i do play, will be coming between the bat at number eight and bowling than trying to take wickets. i look up to some like stokes who always contributes as a batter at number five and he comes and takes loads of wickets as well. my main aim is to just keep working hard with bat and ball because i feel when i play my best, i am contributing in both formats. hobart hurricanes player emily smith has been suspended for three months for posting the team line—up on social media before its was meant to be released. the australian breached cricket australia's anti—corruption code by revealing the team around an hour before

it was permitted. she accepted a year's suspension but nine months of the ban are suspended. alex marquez will be joining his older brother at the honda team —like season. lorenzo is retiring. he won the moto two championship this year. the new—look davis cup finals are under way in madrid. it's been thoroughly revamped by a group involving the barcelona striker gerard pique. because many top players were choosing not to represent their countries, it's now an 18—team end—of—year competition, as our correspondent russell fuller explains. not enough of the top players were playing consistently throughout the season playing consistently throughout the season and the organisers, the

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